Research Fellow

Sapienza University

Rome, IT

Current - 01 July 2020

• Temporary Research Fellow, member of the project: Tra paludi e oasi: gestione, morfologia e ricognizione dei paesaggi acquatici in Siria e Iraq

PhD., Near Eastern Archaeology

Sapienza University

Rome, IT

2019 - 2016

• PhD Thesis: Beyond the River. Settlement Patterns and Models of Occupation along the Euphrates in Syria and Iraq during the Iron Age.
• Tutor: Prof. Davide Nadali.
• Thesis Status: Successfully Defended on the 21/02/2020

MA, Near Eastern Archaeology

Sapienza University

Rome, IT

2016 - 2014

• Thesis: Distribution and nature of settlements along the Middle Euphrates in Syria and Iraq in the Early Iron Age (X-IX sec. B.C.)
• Supervisor: Prof. Davide Nadali; Co-Supervisor: Dr. Sara Pizzimenti
• Graduation Date: 22/03/2016
• Grade: 110/110 cum laude

BA, Archaeology

Sapienza University

Rome, IT

2014 - 2010

• Sargon II military campaign against Urartu (714 B.C.)
• Supervisor: Prof: Maria Giovanna Biga
• Graduation Date: 09/01/2014
• Grade: 108/110

School Leaving Certificate

L.S.S. “Antonio Labriola”

Rome, IT

2010 - 2005

• Grade: 90/100

Winter School “R4 ARchaeologists”

Department of Civilizations and Forms of Knowledge

University of Pisa, IT

7 February 2020 - 27 January 2020

• Organized by the Mappa Project

Study Abroad Period

Department of Archaeology

University College London, UK

May 2019 - March 2019

• Study and enhance skills and techniques regarding quantitative analysis in Archaeology using R, with a specific focus on settlement pattern analysis.
• The Study Abroad Period was funded by the Fellowship “Mobility of PhD Students”, provided by Sapienza University of Rome
• Supervisor during the stay: Prof. Mark Altaweel
• Duration: 3 months (March-May 2019)

Study Abroad Period

Department of Anthropology and Archaeology

Durham University, UK

June 2018 - April 2018

• Study and enhance skills and techniques of Landscape Archaeology and Remote Sensing, with a specific focus on the orthorectification and georeferencing of declassified CORONA satellite images.
• The Study Abroad Period was funded by the Fellowship “Mobility of PhD Students”, provided by Sapienza University of Rome
• Supervisor during the stay: Prof. Dan Lawrence
• Duration: 3 months (April-June 2018)

GIS Course

Istituto Spallucci

Rome, IT

November 2016

• “GIS Open Source Advanced: Geographical Analysis, Digital Terrain Model, Databases”, organised by Terrelogiche

GIS Course

Istituto Spallucci

Rome, IT

June 2016

• “GIS Open Source base: Introduction to GIS and learning Open Source Software QGIS”, organised by Terrelogiche

Use of Time-Series NDWI to Monitor Emerging Archaeological Sites: Case Studies from Iraqi Artificial Reservoirs

Published in Remote Sensing 2021, 13(4), 786 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13040786

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2021

Tools and objects from Tell Zurghul excavations (2015-2017)

Published in Quaderni di Vicino Oriente XVI – The Italian Archaeological excavations at Tell Zurghul, ancient Nigin, Iraq. Final report of the seasons 2015-2017, A. Polcaro- D. Nadali (edd..), Roma, pp. 183-218.

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2020

• Co-authored with A. Caselli (University of Perugia)

Assyrian Imperial Frontiers during the First Millennium B.C: the case of the Iraqi Middle Euphrates

Published in Katia Gavagnin, Rocco Palermo (Edited by), “Imperial Connections. Interactions and Expansion from Assyria to the Roman Period. Volume 2. Proceedings of the 5th “Broadening Horizons” Conference (Udine 5-8 June 2017)", Trieste, EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2020, pp. 203-215

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2020

Archaeological Survey

Lebanese-Italian expedition in the regions of Shawakeer and Ras el-Ain

Tyre, LB

Current - 2019

• Directed by Dr. Ali Badawi (DGA); Prof. May Haider (Lebanese University); Prof. Frances Pinnock (Sapienza University of Rome)
• Current Member
• Responsible for the remote sensing survey and GIS
• Not present in the field during the first survey in 2019

Archaeological Excavation

Italian Archaeological Expedition to Nigin

Dhi-Qar, IR

Current - 2015

• Directed by Prof. D. Nadali (Sapienza University of Rome) and by Prof. A. Polcaro (University of Perugia).
• Current Member
• Assistant in the field in Area E and responsible of the database of findings.

Archaeological Survey

Lagodekhi Municipality

Lagodekhi, GE

July 2018

• Directed by Dr. Kristen Hopper (Durham University) and by Prof. Elena Rova (Ca’ Foscari University).
• Participation as archaeologist and co-responsible of the GIS documentation

Archaeological Excavation

Nigin

Dhi-Qar, IR

November 2017

• Directed by Prof. D. Nadali (Sapienza University of Rome) and by Prof. A. Polcaro (University of Perugia).
• Participation as archaeologist and area supervisor

Archaeological Excavation

Nigin

Dhi-Qar, IR

October 2016

• Directed by Prof. D. Nadali (Sapienza University of Rome) and by Prof. A. Polcaro (University of Perugia).
• Participation as archaeologist

Archaeological Excavation

Coppa Nevigata

Foggia, IT

September 2016

• directed by Prof. A. Cazzella (Sapienza University of Rome).
• Participation as archaeologist

Archaeological Excavation

Coppa Nevigata

Foggia, IT

September 2015

• Directed by Prof. A. Cazzella (Sapienza University of Rome).
• Participation as archaeologist

Archaeological Excavation

Cottanello/Collesecco

Rieti, IT

July 2013

• Directed by Prof. P. Pensabene (Sapienza university of Rome).
• Participation as archaeologist

PRIN 2017 Workshop (28 April, Online)

Sapienza University

Rome, IT

2021

• Presentation of the paper: “The Damascus Oasis. Past Researches and New Directions in the Analysis of Archaeological Settlement Patterns”

12th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Bologna, 6-9 April 2021 (Online)

University of Bologna

Bologna, IT

2021

• Presentation ofthe paper: “Water, Landscapes and Settlements along the River. Case Studies from the Syrian Middle Euphrates”

SSDA 2020 (Seminario della Scuola di Dottorato di Archeologia di Sapienza, 12-14 February)

Sapienza University

Rome, IT

2020

• Presentation of the paper: “Aspetti regionali della distribuzione insediativa lungo l’Eufrate nell’età del Ferro (X-VII secolo a.C.).

BANEA Conference (9-11 January),

University of Oxford

Oxford, UK

2020

• Presentation of the paper: “Monitoring Emerging Archaeological Sites Using Multitemporal NDWI: Case Studies from Iraq.”

Broadening Horizons 6 (24-26 June)

Freie Universitat

Berlin, DE

2019

• Presentation of the paper: “Archaeological Landscape of the Lower Syrian Euphrates Valley: an Integrated Approach Towards the Reconstruction of the Settlement Patterns during the Iron Age.”

SSDA 2019 (Seminario della Scuola di Dottorato di Archeologia di Sapienza, 30-31 January).

Sapienza University

Rome, IT

2019

• Presentation of the paper: “L’età del Ferro nell’area dell’Eufrate Siriano: siti e ricostruzione del paesaggio archeologico.”

11th ICAANE (International Congress on the Archaeology of Ancient Near East, 03-07 April)

Ludwig-Maximilian Universitat

Munich, DE

2018

• Presentation of the poster: “Settlement Patterns, Models of Occupation, and Assyrian Presence in the West. Case Study from the Middle Euphrates Region.”

BANEA Conference (27-29 March)

Durham University

Durham, UK

2018

• Presentation of the paper: “On the Edge of the Empire: Riverine Landscape and Settlement Patterns in the Haditha Dam Region during the Iron Age.”

SSDA 2018 (Seminario della Scuola di Dottorato di Archeologia di Sapienza, 30-31 January, 1 February 2018)

Sapienza University

Rome, IT

2018

• Presentation of the paper:  “Pattern insediativi nell’età del Ferro: il caso studio del Medio Eufrate iracheno.”

Broadening Horizons 5 (4-8 June)

University of Udine

Udine, IT

2017

• Presentation of the paper: “Assyrian Imperial Frontiers of the First Millennium BC, the Case of the Iraqi Middle Euphrates.”

10th ICAANE (International Congress on the Archaeology of Ancient Near East, 03-07 April)

Austrian Academy of Sciences

Wien, AT

2016

• Participation as listener

SEAC 2015 (International Conference of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture): Astronomy in Past and Present Cultures (9 - 13 November)

Sapienza University

Rome, IT

2015

• Participation as listener

Ebla and Beyond, Ancient Near Eastern Studies after Fifty Years of Discoveries at Tell Mardikh (15 - 17 December)

Sapienza University

Rome, IT

2014

• Participation as listener

SSDA 2020 (Seminario della Scuola di Dottorato di Archeologia di Sapienza, 12-14 February)

Sapienza University

Rome, IT

2020

• Oranised together with S. Bossi, B. Brancazi, G. Briatico, A.Caselli, A.L. Corsi, F. Lobera Corsetti, E. Lucci, F. Nicotera, G. Previti, R. Rotunno, L. Volpi.

SSDA 2019 (Seminario della Scuola di Dottorato di Archeologia di Sapienza, 30-31 January).

Sapienza University

Rome, IT

2019

• Oranised together with B. Brancazi, A. Caselli, A.L. Corsi, E. Lucci, S. Marino, R. Rotunno, L. Volpi.

SSDA 2018 (Seminario della Scuola di Dottorato di Archeologia di Sapienza, 30-31 January, 1 February 2018)

Sapienza University

Rome, IT

2018

• Oranised together with B. Brancazi, E. Casadei, A. Caselli, E. Lucci, S. Marino, F. Porta.

Mobility of PhD Students

Sapienza University

London, UK

2019

• Amount: 4500 EUR to cover travel, accomodation and sustainment abroad
• Project name: MATTER
• Project Members: A. Titolo, L. Volpi

Mobility of PhD Students

Sapienza University

Durham, UK

2018

• Amount: 4500 EUR to cover travel, accomodation and sustainment abroad
• Project Name: Tua-ViOr
• Project Members: A.Caselli, A. Jabbour, I. Sayegh, A. Titolo

Students Lab Supervisor

Sapienza University

Rome, IT

Current - 2017

• Supervisor of digitalisation lab of the graphic and carthographic material relative to the Italian Archaeological Expedition in Syria (Tell Mardikh-Ebla), directed by Prof. Paolo Matthiae.

Digitalisation

Sapienza University

Rome, IT

Current - 2016

• Digitalisation of the graphic and carthographic material relative to the Italian Archaeological Expedition in Syria (Tell Mardikh-Ebla), directed by Prof. Paolo Matthiae.

Data Entry

Nigin

Dhi-Qar, IR

Current - 2015

• Data entry of the archaeological documentation of the Italian Archaeological Expedition to Nigin (Iraq) directed by Prof. D. Nadali (Università di Roma “Sapienza”) and by Prof. A. Polcaro (Università di Perugia).

Data Entry

Lagodekhi Municipality

Lagodekhi, GE

2018

• Data entry of the archaeological documentation of the archaeological survey in the province of Lagodekhi (Georgia), directed by Dr Kristen Hopper (Durham University) and Prof. Elena Rova (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)

Data Entry

Cottanello/Collesecco

Rieti, IT

2013

• Data entry of the archaeological documentation of the excavation at the “Villa di Cottanello/Collesecco (RI)” directed by Prof. P. Pensabene (Sapienza University of Rome).

Online Course: Introduction to Google Earth Engine

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2020

• Teacher: Dr. Alemayehu Midekisa, Geospatial Data Scientist, United States Geological Survey (USGS) - EROS).

Online Course: Learning the FOSS4g Stack: QGIS 3.0 Desktop

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2020

• Teacher: Arthur J. Lembo Jr., Professor, University of Salisbury, Department of Geography and Geoscience

Online Course: Learning the FOSS4g Stack: Geoserver

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2020

• Teacher: Arthur J. Lembo Jr., Professor, University of Salisbury, Department of Geography and Geoscience

Online Course: Learning the FOSS4g Stack: Spatial SQL with Postgres_PostGIS

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2020

• Teacher: Arthur J. Lembo Jr., Professor, University of Salisbury, Department of Geography and Geoscience

Online Course: Complete Google Earth Engine for Remote Sensing and GIS

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2020

• Teacher: Minerva Singh, PhD, University of Cambridge

Italian

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• Mother Tongue

English

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• Reading: C1
• Writing: C1
• Speaking: C1

French

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• Reading: B1

Arabic

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• Speaking: A2

CEFR Level C1

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2020 - 22 March 2018

• Reading: 8.5
• Writing: 7.0
• Speaking: 7.0
• Listening: 8.5
• Overall Band Score: 8.0

Advanced Knowledge of Windows Operating System and Office Package Programs

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Good Knowledge of Graphic Software as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Gimp

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Advanced Knowledge of GIS Programs like QGIS (version 2.18, 3.4, 3.10, 3.12)

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Good Knowledge of R and Rstudio applied to archaeological spatial analysis and exploratory data analysis

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Good Knowledge of Google Earth Engine and Javascript finalized at remote sensing analysis and satellite images interpretation

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Good Knowledge of Relational and Spatial Databases like Microsoft Access, Postgres/PostGis, Geopackage

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Base Knowledge of Geoserver 2.17

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